native

About 44.42 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Belonging to one by birth or ancestry.

   This is my native land.

2. adjective Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

   Many native artists studied abroad.

3. adjective Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
4. adjective Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.

   native oysters or strawberries

5. adjective Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.

   The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.

6. adjective Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

   This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.

7. adjective Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.

   native aluminium

8. adjective Arising by birth; having an origin; born.

Similar words

autochthonic autochthonal autochthonous indigenous native-born homegrown domestic local aboriginal inbred

Often followed by

of american americans land to country language and population peoples

Word family

Native Natives natively nativeness nativenesses natives